Blackburn with Darwen Carers Service Ltd

Analysis

Blackburn with Darwen Carers Service Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05881757). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Blackburn with Darwen Carers Service Ltd reported income of £484k and spending of £496k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £362k to £484k (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Blackburn with Darwen Carers Service Ltd sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Samara's Aid Appeal (£483k), Marie Collins Foundation (£484k) and Make Them Smile (£483k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.